The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted Regulation Best Interest on June 5, 2019. The regulation addresses the standard of conduct for broker-dealers and is designed to up the litmus test on the types of recommendations broker-dealers can make to their retail clients beyond existing suitability obligations. It falls short of subjecting broker-dealers to the highest...

Always prone to wild price swings, speculation turned south on bitcoin in the first quarter of 2018. Where it goes from here is unknown. On February 2, 2018, CNBC.com reported three bitcoin skids amid a broad cryptocurrency sell-off. The quarter-end brought further disheartening news of bitcoin hitting its worst first quarter in history with over $119 billion wiped from...